Scimitar/morphology

Famous quotes containing the words scimitar and/or morphology:

“Up wakened Abdul, belching wretched moans,
And drew his scimitar and hacked his bones.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language.... To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.”
—Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)